As many observers remarked, in Taiwan Trump’s tariff threats simply make the US look unreliable and unwilling to care about Taiwan’s interests. They could only serve to increase local distrust of the US, and validate the claim by the PRC’s servants in Taiwan — the KMT and TPP — that the US cannot be relied on in the event of a PRC invasion.

Huei, Deputy Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India, issued a strong rebuttal to China’s 'One China Policy' during his address at The Siang Dialogue 2.0 in Delhi. The event,

US Representatives Tom Tiffany from Wisconsin and Scott Perry from Pennsylvania reintroduced a resolution urging the US to end its "One China" policy, resume formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan and negotiate a bilateral Taiwan-US free trade agreement,